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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 530

Mahmoud Khalil

Members of the Columbia University Apartheid Divest group, including Mahmoud Khalil, center, are surrounded by members of the media outside the Columbia University campus, April 30, 2024, in New York. (AP/Mary Altaffer)
March 18, 2025, 2:53 pm
Columbia anti-Israel activist facing deportation contests his detention relocation
Mahmoud Khalil, a graduate arrested after leading anti-Israel protests, rejects officials’ explanation that he was moved from New Jersey to Louisiana facility over bedbug problem
By Agencies and ToI Staff
People hold signs as they protest the arrest of former Columbia University anti-Israel student activist Mahmoud Khalil during a 'Fight for Our Rights' demonstration at the University of Washington campus in Seattle, Washington, March 15, 2025. (Jason Redmond / AFP)
March 16, 2025, 8:37 pm
Rights group challenges legality of Trump deportations of anti-Israel activists
American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee files lawsuit to block White House’s orders; Rubio: Welcoming pro-Hamas students ‘runs counter to the foreign policy interest of the US’
By Reuters and ToI Staff
Protesters gather in Foley Square, outside the Manhattan federal court, in support of Mahmoud Khalil, Wednesday, March 12, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Stefan Jeremiah)
March 16, 2025, 3:02 am
US Justice Department probing whether Columbia University hid ‘illegal alien’ students
Investigation comes as Trump administration intensifies campaign to deport foreigners who took part in anti-Israel protests
By AP
A protester chants during a demonstration in support of anti-Israel, pro-Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil, in New York, March 10, 2025. (Yuki Iwamura/AP)
March 13, 2025, 9:30 am
Columbia said to warn foreign journalism students to keep low profile on Gaza, Ukraine
‘Nobody can protect you,’ dean of school reportedly tells non-US nationals, including faculty; wife of detained anti-Israel Columbia activist says she was ‘naive’ over risk of his arrest
By Agencies and ToI Staff
Protesters rally in support of Mahmoud Khalil outside his court hearing in New York City, March 12, 2025. (Luke Tress)
March 12, 2025, 10:10 pm
Court orders anti-Israel Columbia activist facing deportation to remain in detention
Hundreds protest in support of Mahmoud Khalil outside New York court amid furious backlash against Trump administration crackdown
By Luke Tress and AP
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio speaks to the media during a refueling stop at Shannon Airport in Shannon, Ireland, on March 12, 2025. (Saul Loeb/Pool Photo via AP)
March 12, 2025, 6:23 pm
Arrest of Columbia anti-Israel activist ‘not about free speech,’ says Marco Rubio
Secretary of state says Mahmoud Khalil, a US permanent resident who distributed Hamas pamphlets on campus, is a ‘visitor’ to the US and has no ‘right’ to stay in the country
By Agencies and ToI Staff
Members of the Columbia University Apartheid Divest group, including Mahmoud Khalil, center, are surrounded by members of the media outside the Columbia University campus, April 30, 2024, in New York. (AP/Mary Altaffer)
March 11, 2025, 9:18 pm
Deportation of anti-Israel Palestinian Columbia activist to be challenged in federal court
US district judge temporarily blocks expulsion of Mahmoud Khalil, who was sent to a detention center in Louisiana; White House says he was arrested over ‘pro-Hamas propaganda’
By Reuters and Luke Tress
Student negotiator Mahmoud Khalil on the Columbia University campus in New York at an anti-Israel, pro-Palestinian protest encampment on April 29, 2024. (Ted Shaffrey/AP)
March 9, 2025, 9:37 pm
US authorities arrest Palestinian Columbia student who led anti-Israel protests
Immigration agents haul in Mahmoud Khalil, who has an American wife, tell his attorney they are revoking his green card; last year he was among leaders of campus demonstrations
By Agencies and ToI Staff
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